Eric Bledsoe vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Eric Bledsoe, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Eric Bledsoe played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than Paul George, who played 15. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	22.7	6.7	0.8	1.9	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	2.5	6.0	.424	0.4	1.4	.276	1.2	1.6	.744
difference:	+20	+2.0	+1.1	+0.2	+1.2	+0.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+.029	+0.3	+0.9	+.021	+0.1	+0.1	+.018
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875

Season 3
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	76	20.4	8.5	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.1	1.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.4	1.0	.397	1.4	1.8	.791
difference:	+3	+17.2	+8.9	+0.1	+4.6	+4.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.1	-1.4	+2.9	+7.4	+.026	+1.8	+4.9	+.035	+1.4	+1.7	+.016
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	6	16.2	6.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	.500	0.2	1.5	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
difference:	+13	+24.9	+12.7	+0.5	+4.4	+4.9	+2.1	+1.0		-3.1	-2.1	+3.8	+9.6	+.070	+1.6	+4.0	+.216	+3.6	+4.7	+.060
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727

Season 4
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	43	32.9	17.7	0.6	4.1	4.7	5.5	1.6	0.3	3.3	2.3	6.2	12.9	.477	1.2	3.3	.357	4.3	5.5	.772
difference:	+37	+3.3	+4.0	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+2.0	+0.3		-0.5	-0.2	+1.0	+4.1	+.053	+1.1	+3.0	+.007	+0.7	+0.3	+.092
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789

Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	31	34.2	20.4	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.1	2.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	7.2	15.9	.453	1.5	4.2	.372	4.5	5.5	.802
difference:	+50	+0.6	+2.7	+0.4	+2.5	+3.0	+2.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+0.3	+2.0	+.035	+1.1	+2.8	+.001	+1.1	+1.0	+.058
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953

Season 7
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	66	33.0	21.1	0.8	4.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	3.4	2.5	6.8	15.7	.434	1.6	4.7	.335	5.9	6.9	.847
difference:	+9	+2.9	+2.6		+1.7	+1.8	+3.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+1.5	+2.3	+.027	+1.0	+1.9	+.058	+1.4	+1.9	+.051
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867

Season 8
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	74	31.4	17.7	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.3	13.4	.473	1.7	4.9	.347	3.4	4.3	.795
difference:	+5	+5.2	+4.2	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+1.7		+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.0	+3.6	+.043	+1.4	+2.8	+.054	+0.9	+0.9	+.027
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	7	32.1	13.6	0.4	3.1	3.6	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	3.1	.318	2.0	2.9	.700
difference:	+1	+9.7	+11.1	+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+1.0	+0.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.1	+2.9	+8.0	+.032	+2.2	+5.6	+.047	+3.2	+3.1	+.161
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 9
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	78	29.1	15.9	1.1	3.6	4.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.0	12.4	.484	1.6	4.8	.329	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+1	+7.8	+12.1	+0.3	+3.2	+3.6	+1.4	+0.7		-0.6	-0.8	+3.2	+8.6	+.046	+2.2	+5.0	+.057	+3.6	+4.0	+.089
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	15	28.2	13.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	4.3	1.1	0.4	2.1	1.9	5.1	12.3	.411	1.1	4.8	.236	2.4	3.4	.706
difference:	+10	+12.6	+14.9	+0.1	+5.0	+4.9	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-2.1	-2.3	+3.7	+7.9	+.025	+1.9	+4.6	+.083	+5.6	+6.4	+.110
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816

Season 10
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	61	27.0	14.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.1	5.5	11.5	.475	1.2	3.5	.344	2.8	3.5	.790
difference:	+13	+2.6	+6.6	+0.2	+1.3	+1.1	+1.5	+0.5		-0.2	-0.3	+1.6	+4.8	+.036	+2.1	+4.4	+.068	+1.2	+1.0	+.086
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	9	29.7	11.7	0.6	4.0	4.6	5.9	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.9	.388	0.9	3.6	.250	2.3	2.9	.808
difference:	+4	+7.1	+8.5	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.6	+2.6	+6.1	+.010	+1.9	+4.9	+.083	+1.5	+1.3	+.101
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909

Season 11
	Eric Bledsoe	Paul George
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	71	29.7	12.2	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.8	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.3	10.3	.421	1.7	5.0	.341	1.9	2.7	.687
difference:	+17	+4.0	+11.1	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+1.4	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7	-0.8	+3.9	+7.3	+.046	+1.5	+2.7	+.070	+1.8	+1.5	+.181
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844

Additional Years
* Paul George played 3 seasons more than Eric Bledsoe in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 15, from 2023 to 2025—Paul George played in one postseason. In those 3 extra years over Eric Bledsoe, Paul George got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game